Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
SparkMore
n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Michael Ledo
You would think with all these stars this would be a great movie. It wasn't. The film moved very slow. The main characters outside of Macy were dull. The idea was clever, but the dialogue was not what I would expect from a real comedy. I didn't have any laugh out loud moments for this "madcap comedy." Three security guards are each in love with one particular piece of art. The museum is going to move the pieces so they decide to make fakes and substitute them for the real pieces. What was supposed to be "madcap" I assume, were the errors they made in swapping the paintings. It too was slow. Freeman and Walker should not be doing this type of "comedy" as they plainly don't have a feel for it.
bowmanblue
Morgan Freeman. Christopher Walken. William H Macy. With three leads like that, how could the film possibly fail? It does. Sort of. 'The Heist' is about three security guards who work in a museum. When their favourite works of art are sold to an overseas gallery, they decide to steal them for themselves. The three leads are as good as you'd expect them to be. However, they're given very little to work with. You may see this advertised as a 'comedy,' but it really isn't that funny. It's sort of a drama, but not very dramatic. And don't be lulled into thinking there's any major action in it - if you've seen scenes of shoot-outs in the trailers then be warned: they're part of a sixty second dream sequence at the very start of the film.Yes, this film is pretty 'easy going.' It's gentle and warm and there's nothing to shock, offend or distress. However, with the acting talent on display, you feel it could be so much more. There will be two sorts of people who watch this: one sort will enjoy it for its niceness, the other sort will hate it for being boring. One thing's for sure... if it sadly average.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/
adamscrase27
The Heist isn't one of those films which I would watch intentionally but, would watch if there was literally nothing else to do. It lacks story, humour and the films ending is too predictable. The film doesn't even seem to be interesting from the start but I have to give it a fair judgment so I plowed on through it.The actors involved are brilliant, marvelous actors! Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken are two of my favourite actors two of lived but William H. Macy is absolutely dreadful in this film and as an actor. This is one of the films main faults as the actor tried to be funny yet failed terribly. I think Christopher Walken made up for the film as he was one of the lead roles and not a side character.Film was okay, funny moments with Morgan Freeman and dramatic scenes with Christopher Walken, but William H. Macy is useless in every single way which is why I would give this film:6/10
jotix100
Has anyone ever wondered if those museum guards strolling about master paintings get a chance to appreciate the art all around them? Well, that seems to be the case for three security men at a Boston fine arts institution. Roger Barlow, has fallen in love with a painting titled "The Lonely Maiden". Roger fantasizes about the picture during his tour of duty. Charles Peterson, another guard has also a favorite picture, one in which a woman and cats appear. A third museum guard, George McLendon's admiration for a classic sculpture brings him to the room where it is exhibited, getting naked in the process, imitating the way the young man depicted in the piece.Their enjoyment of being close to their beloved works of art come to an end as they learn the museum is selling its collection to a Danish institution to make room for a change in the direction the curators want to bring to the gallery. Roger, Charles and George bond together to see what they can do to keep the beloved works back in Boston. The only possible way to deal with the problem is to steal the works and exchange them for well made fakes no one will notice. Roger has a problem though, his wife, Rose, a beautician, has been saving for a trip to Florida and she is determined to have her vacation with Roger at the crucial time when the men will be involved in the heist.One wonders how a film sporting three Oscar winners could go directly into DVD. The culprit appears to be a financial problem that made the production company send it to oblivion without a commercial release. The film directed by Peter Hewitt, and based on a screenplay by Michael LeSieur, certainly deserved a better end. This comedy main strength lays in its fabulous cast who evidently had a good time while it was under production. The plot is a bit far fetched, but it is fun to see how these three men can pull the caper and get to keep their beloved works of art.Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy, and Marcia Gay Harden make a wonderful quartet of players in this, or any movie they decide to grace with their presence. They are all top rated performers who know what is expected of them and deliver it big time for director Hewitt. The film is light and funny, meriting a look by fans of the stars. William H. Macy gets to show a lot of himself as he disrobes to be naked in front of his favorite sculpture.
